11/26/2025
New data shows something we cannot overlook. About a quarter of pregnant women in the United States do not receive prenatal care in the first trimester. For many families, the reasons are the same ones we hear in communities every day. Long travel distances. No transportation. Few available appointments. Not enough providers.
When a mom misses early prenatal care, it is not just an appointment missed. It shapes outcomes for both mom and baby.
This is where mobile care makes a real difference. When health care comes directly into neighborhoods, rural towns, schools, farms, tribal communities, and shelters, early checkups become reachable.
Mobile clinics remove the barriers that have kept too many families on the outside of the system.
What would maternal health look like if every expectant parent could access care right where they already are?
Real change begins when care meets people in their everyday lives. Mobile clinics give communities a way to support families long before a crisis ever develops.
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By Jacqueline Howard, Asuka Koda, CNN (CNN) — Some women rush to their doctor just days after getting a positive pregnant test, but Dr. L. Joy Baker said she often sees patients for the first time just weeks or even days before they give birth. “At least once a week,” a woman may start prenata...
